2015 NRL season

2015 National Rugby League
Duration	March 5 – October 4, 2015
Teams	16
Premiers	North Queensland Cowboys (1st title)
Minor premiers	Sydney Roosters (19th title)
Matches played	201
Points scored	8157
Average attendance	16,074
Attendance	3,230,867
Top points scorer(s)	Jarrod Croker (236)
Player of the year	Johnathan Thurston (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Semi Radradra (24)
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The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followed by the Rugby League All Stars Match, returning after a one-year hiatus, and the World Club Series. ^[1] North Queensland Cowboys won their first premiership in only the second Grand Final to be decided in extra time and their second ever grand final. ^[2]

Season launch and advertising

The season launched with a gala event at the Queens Wharf, Auckland on 29 January attended by a selection of the code's stars including Shaun Johnson and Greg Inglis. It was the first time the event had been held outside Australia. ^{[3] [4]}

The NRL and their longstanding ad agency MJW Haukuhodo used, for the second year running, Robbie Williams' "Let Me Entertain You" as the commercial soundtrack. The launch commercial takes members and supporters on a journey from the outback plains of Western Queensland to an inner city boot camp in Sydney and features more than fifty NRL club members and fans in a range of scenarios that include a rendition of a Haka on a Sydney train and a focus on Greg Inglis' trademark Goanna post-try celebration. ^[5]

The second Sunday afternoon match began at 4:10 pm instead of the traditional 3:10 pm. This change was to allow the Nine Network to show the match live into New South Wales and Queensland, and use it as a lead-in to their respective 6:00 pm news bulletins.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 9th consecutive year. The NRL's salary cap for the clubs' top 25 players will be $A6.3M for 2015. ^[6]

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	28th season	Suncorp Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Justin Hodges
	Canberra Raiders	34th season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	81st season	ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground	Des Hasler	James Graham [7]
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	49th season	Remondis Stadium	Shane Flanagan	Paul Gallen
	Gold Coast Titans	9th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Neil Henry	Nate Myles
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	66th season	Brookvale Oval	Geoff Toovey	Jamie Lyon
	Melbourne Storm	18th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Cameron Smith
	Newcastle Knights	28th season	Hunter Stadium	Rick Stone→Danny Buderus (interim)	Kurt Gidley
	New Zealand Warriors	21st season	Mt. Smart Stadium	Andrew McFadden	Simon Mannering
	North Queensland Cowboys	21st season	1300SMILES Stadium	Paul Green	Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
	Parramatta Eels	69th season	Pirtek Stadium	Brad Arthur	Tim Mannah
	Penrith Panthers	49th season	Pepper Stadium	Ivan Cleary	Peter Wallace
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	106th season	ANZ Stadium	Michael Maguire	Greg Inglis [8]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	17th season	WIN Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium	Paul McGregor	Ben Creagh
	Sydney Roosters	108th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	Mitchell Pearce & Jake Friend [9]
	Wests Tigers	16th season	Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval	Jason Taylor	Robbie Farah

Pre-season

The 2015 pre-season featured the second Auckland Nines tournament, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park in which the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the final. This tournament took place on the last weekend of January, and the All Stars match was played on Friday 13 February at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina. ^[1] The 2015 World Club Series took place in England with 2014 premiers the South Sydney Rabbitohs taking on Super League champions St. Helens in the showpiece match, which South Sydney won.

Regular season

See also: 2015 NRL season results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Broncos	SOU 30	CRO 8	NQL 22	NZL 8	GCT 10	SYD 4	SGI 2	PAR 12	PEN 3	NQL 11	NEW 13	CAN 12	MAN 34	X	MEL 2	NEW 22	X	CBY 8	WTI 26	GCT 34	MAN 30	CBY 2	SGI 26	SYD 2	SOU 35	MEL 7	NQL 4	X	SYD 19	NQL 1
Canberra Raiders	CRO 4	NZL 12	SGI 2	SYD 28	MAN 13	MEL 4	WTI 8	SOU 8	GCT 40	SGI 14	CBY 7	BRI 12	NEW 22	X	NQL 1	NZL 22	X	NEW 14	CRO 1	PEN 10	NQL 8	WTI 2	MAN 2	GCT 16	PEN 16	PAR 4
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	PEN 6	PAR 20	MAN 4	WTI 1	SOU 1	SGI 25	MAN 12	WTI 24	NQL 7	SYD 14	CAN 7	X	SGI 13	GCT 14	PEN 12	MEL 16	X	BRI 8	PAR 24	CRO 2	SYD 10	BRI 2	GCT 22	SOU 14	NEW 2	NZL 4	SGI 1	SYD 26
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	CAN 4	BRI 8	MEL 18	GCT 2	SYD 8	NEW 16	SOU 8	PEN 8	NZL 4	GCT 1	X	SGI 36	SYD 6	X	NEW 2	NQL 6	MAN 12	SGI 20	CAN 1	CBY 2	NZL 4	NQL 12	MEL 28	WTI 22	PAR 7	MAN 2	SOU 16	NQL 39
Gold Coast Titans	WTI 1	PEN 40	NEW 2	CRO 2	BRI 10	PAR 22	PEN 26	NZL 4	CAN 40	CRO 1	X	SOU 6	WTI 7	CBY 14	NZL 22	SYD 10	X	MAN 32	NEW 28	BRI 34	PAR 10	MEL 22	CBY 22	CAN 16	SGI 2	NQL 30
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	PAR 30	MEL 2	CBY 4	SGI 8	CAN 13	PEN 10	CBY 12	MEL 2	NEW 20	PEN 1	X	NQL 4	BRI 34	X	WTI 10	SOU 12	CRO 12	GCT 32	NQL 18	NZL 20	BRI 30	SOU 20	CAN 2	PAR 4	SYD 36	CRO 2
Melbourne Storm	SGI 8	MAN 2	CRO 18	NQL 1	NZL 16	CAN 4	SYD 1	MAN 2	PAR 18	SOU 4	X	SYD 22	PEN 20	PAR 4	BRI 2	CBY 16	X	NZL 14	PEN 42	SGI 18	WTI 18	GCT 22	CRO 28	NEW 14	NQL 8	BRI 7	SYD 2	X	NQL 20
Newcastle Knights	NZL 10	NQL 2	GCT 2	PEN 12	SGI 13	CRO 16	PAR 6	NQL 2	MAN 20	WTI 10	BRI 13	NZL 4	CAN 22	X	CRO 2	BRI 22	X	CAN 14	GCT 28	SOU 46	SGI 22	SYD 16	WTI 6	MEL 14	CBY 2	PEN 18
New Zealand Warriors	NEW 10	CAN 12	PAR 13	BRI 8	MEL 16	WTI 10	NQL 4	GCT 4	CRO 4	PAR 4	X	NEW 4	SOU 32	SYD 4	GCT 22	CAN 22	X	MEL 14	SYD 24	MAN 20	CRO 4	SGI 36	PEN 14	NQL 34	WTI 34	CBY 4
North Queensland Cowboys	SYD 24	NEW 2	BRI 22	MEL 1	PEN 20	SOU 18	NZL 4	NEW 2	CBY 7	BRI 11	WTI 8	MAN 4	PAR 6	X	CAN 1	CRO 6	SGI 6	X	MAN 18	PAR 42	CAN 8	CRO 12	SOU 13	NZL 34	MEL 8	GCT 30	BRI 4	CRO 39	MEL 20	BRI 1
Parramatta Eels	MAN 30	CBY 20	NZL 13	SOU 13	WTI 16	GCT 22	NEW 6	BRI 12	MEL 18	NZL 4	SOU 2	PEN 6	NQL 6	MEL 4	X	SGI 4	WTI 12	X	CBY 24	NQL 42	GCT 10	PEN 6	SYD 10	MAN 4	CRO 7	CAN 4
Penrith Panthers	CBY 6	GCT 40	SYD 8	NEW 12	NQL 20	MAN 10	GCT 26	CRO 8	BRI 3	MAN 1	X	PAR 6	MEL 20	X	CBY 12	WTI 23	SOU 14	SYD 20	MEL 42	CAN 10	SOU 4	PAR 6	NZL 14	SGI 7	CAN 16	NEW 18
South Sydney Rabbitohs	BRI 30	SYD 8	WTI 14	PAR 13	CBY 1	NQL 18	CRO 8	CAN 8	SGI 6	MEL 4	PAR 2	GCT 6	NZL 32	WTI 28	X	MAN 12	PEN 14	X	SGI 16	NEW 46	PEN 4	MAN 20	NQL 13	CBY 14	BRI 35	SYD 30	CRO 16
St. George Illawarra Dragons	MEL 8	WTI 18	CAN 2	MAN 8	NEW 13	CBY 25	BRI 2	SYD 2	SOU 6	CAN 14	X	CRO 36	CBY 13	X	SYD 5	PAR 4	NQL 6	CRO 20	SOU 16	MEL 18	NEW 22	NZL 36	BRI 26	PEN 7	GCT 2	WTI 2	CBY 1
Sydney Roosters	NQL 24	SOU 8	PEN 8	CAN 28	CRO 8	BRI 4	MEL 1	SGI 2	WTI 32	CBY 14	X	MEL 22	CRO 6	NZL 4	SGI 5	GCT 10	X	PEN 20	NZL 24	WTI 25	CBY 10	NEW 16	PAR 10	BRI 2	MAN 36	SOU 30	MEL 2	CBY 26	BRI 19
Wests Tigers	GCT 1	SGI 18	SOU 14	CBY 1	PAR 16	NZL 10	CAN 8	CBY 24	SYD 32	NEW 10	NQL 8	X	GCT 7	SOU 28	MAN 10	PEN 23	PAR 12	X	BRI 26	SYD 25	MEL 18	CAN 2	NEW 6	CRO 22	NZL 34	SGI 2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	F1	F2	F3	GF

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

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Ladder

2015 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Sydney	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40
2	Brisbane	0	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	34	34	36	36	38	38
3	North Queensland (P)	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	34	34	36	36	38
4	Melbourne	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	20	22	24	24	26	28	28	30	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown	0	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	22	22	24	26	28	30	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	32	32
7	South Sydney	2	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	30	30	30
8	St. George Illawarra	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	24	24	26	26	28
9	Manly-Warringah	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	26
10	Canberra	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	24
11	Penrith	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	22
12	Parramatta	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	20	20	22	22	22
13	New Zealand	0	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
14	Gold Coast	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	20	22	22
15	Wests	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	18	20	20
16	Newcastle	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	20

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Finals series

See also: 2015 NRL season results - Finals series

A new record was set for overall attendance in Week 1 of the Finals with a combined total of 131,794.

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Sydney Roosters	18 – 20	Melbourne Storm	11 September 2015, 8:00 pm	Allianz Stadium	Ben Cummins Alan Shortall	20,521
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs †	11 – 10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	12 September 2015, 5:55 pm	ANZ Stadium	Jared Maxwell Gavin Morris	33,854
Brisbane Broncos	16 – 12	North Queensland Cowboys	12 September 2015, 8:00 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Gerard Sutton Gavin Badger	50,388
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	28 – 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	13 September 2015, 4:10 pm	Allianz Stadium	Matt Cecchin Ashley Klein	27,031
SEMI FINALS
Sydney Roosters	38 – 12	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	18 September 2015, 7:55 pm	Allianz Stadium	Matt Cecchin Ben Cummins	35,711
North Queensland Cowboys	39 – 0	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	19 September 2015, 7:45 pm	1300SMILES Stadium	Gerard Sutton Gavin Badger	21,683
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Brisbane Broncos	31 – 12	Sydney Roosters	25 September 2015, 8:00 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Gerard Sutton Gavin Badger	51,826
Melbourne Storm	12 – 32	North Queensland Cowboys	26 September 2015, 7:45 pm	AAMI Park	Matt Cecchin Ben Cummins	29,315

† Match decided in golden point extra time.

Chart

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	11 Sept, Allianz Stadium
	1	Sydney	18
	4	Melbourne	20			18 Sept, Allianz Stadium
						Sydney		38
	12 Sept, ANZ Stadium					Canterbury-Bankstown		12				26 Sept, AAMI Park
	5	Canterbury-Bankstown	11									Melbourne		12
	8	St. George Illawarra	10									North Queensland		32			4 Oct, ANZ Stadium
																	Brisbane		16
	13 Sept, Allianz Stadium											25 Sept, Suncorp Stadium					North Queensland		17
	6	Cronulla-Sutherland	28									Brisbane		31
	7	South Sydney	12			19 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium						Sydney		12
						North Queensland		39
	12 Sept, Suncorp Stadium					Cronulla-Sutherland		0
	2	Brisbane	16
	3	North Queensland	12

Grand final

Main article: 2015 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 4 October 7:30pm AEDT

Brisbane Broncos	16 – 17 Golden Point	North Queensland Cowboys
Tries: Corey Oates (7') 1 Jack Reed (34') 1 Goals: Corey Parker 2/2 (6' pen, 9') Jordan Kahu 2/2 (35', 43' pen)	1st: 14 - 12 2nd: 2 - 4 GP: 0 - 1	Tries: Justin O'Neill (10') 1 James Tamou (25') 1 Kyle Feldt (80') 1 Goals: Johnathan Thurston 2/3 (12', 26') Field Goals: Johnathan Thurston (83') 1

ANZ Stadium Attendance: 82,758 Clive Churchill Medalist: Johnathan Thurston Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins

Regular season player statistics

The following statistics are of the conclusion of Round 26.

Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals 236 Jarrod Croker 12 94 0 226 James Maloney 9 94 2 197 Pat Richards 17 64 1 176 Johnathan Thurston 3 80 4 176 Gareth Widdop 9 70 0 Top 5 try scorers Tries Player 24 Semi Radradra 22 Curtis Rona 17 Alex Johnston 17 Pat Richards 17 James Tedesco

Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player 94 James Maloney 94 Jarrod Croker 80 Johnathan Thurston 70 Gareth Widdop 68 Michael Gordon Top 5 tacklers Tackles Player 1,140 Andrew McCullough 1,092 Simon Mannering 1,034 Cameron Smith 1,024 Shaun Fensom 965 Elijah Taylor

2015 Transfers

Players

Player	2014 Club	2015 Club
Ben Barba	Brisbane Broncos	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans
Ben Hannant	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Josh Hoffman	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans
Martin Kennedy	Brisbane Broncos	Suspension
Todd Lowrie	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Terry Campese	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs	Canberra Raiders	Melbourne Storm
Anthony Milford	Canberra Raiders	Brisbane Broncos
Reece Robinson	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels
Bill Tupou	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Brett White	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Mitch Brown	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Ennis	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Dale Finucane	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Melbourne Storm
Krisnan Inu	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Stade Français (French rugby union)
Reni Maitua	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Featherstone Rovers
Todd Carney	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Isaac De Gois	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Parramatta Eels
Bryce Gibbs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Daniel Holdsworth	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
John Morris	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Beau Ryan	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Nathan Stapleton	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	N/A
Siosaia Vave	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Jonathan Wright	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	New Zealand Warriors
Luke Bailey	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Maurice Blair	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Ashley Harrison	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Albert Kelly	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Steve Michaels	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Hull F.C.
Mark Minichiello	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Hull F.C.
Brad Takairangi	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels
Daniel Harrison	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	London Broncos
Jason King	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Glenn Stewart	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Anthony Watmough	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta Eels
Ryan Hoffman	Melbourne Storm	New Zealand Warriors
Junior Moors	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Castleford Tigers
Bryan Norrie	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Justin O'Neill	Melbourne Storm	North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Roberts	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Castleford Tigers
Joel Romelo	Melbourne Storm	Eastern Suburbs Tigers (Intrust Super Cup)
George Rose	Melbourne Storm	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sisa Waqa	Melbourne Storm	Canberra Raiders
Darius Boyd	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane Broncos
Adam Cuthbertson	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Michael Dobson	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Salford Red Devils
Willie Mason	Newcastle Knights	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Alex McKinnon	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Timana Tahu	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Zane Tetevano	Newcastle Knights	N/A
Travis Waddell	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane Broncos
Jayson Bukuya	New Zealand Warriors	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Suaia Matagi	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney Roosters
Feleti Mateo	New Zealand Warriors	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Dane Nielsen	New Zealand Warriors	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jerome Ropati	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Anthony Mitchell	North Queensland Cowboys	Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Ashton Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Tariq Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	Newcastle Knights
Brent Tate	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Ricky Thorby	North Queensland Cowboys	Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Mitchell Allgood	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Jarryd Hayne	Parramatta Eels	San Francisco 49ers (NFL)
Fuifui Moimoi	Parramatta Eels	Leigh Centurions
Lee Mossop	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Ken Sio	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Ben Smith	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Willie Tonga	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Tim Grant	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Kevin Kingston	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Kevin Naiqama	Penrith Panthers	Wests Tigers
Wes Naiqama	Penrith Panthers	London Broncos
Matt Robinson	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans
Ryan Simpkins	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans
Luke Burgess	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Sam Burgess	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Bath (English rugby union)
Beau Champion	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Parramatta Eels
Nathan Merritt	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
Joe Picker	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
Ben Te'o	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Leinster (Irish rugby union)
Lote Tuqiri	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
Gerard Beale	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Bronson Harrison	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Dan Hunt	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Brett Morris	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Adam Quinlan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super League: St. Helens
Kyle Stanley	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Jack Stockwell	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle Knights
Michael Witt	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Rémi Casty	Sydney Roosters	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Heath L'Estrange	Sydney Roosters	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Anthony Minichiello	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Daniel Mortimer	Sydney Roosters	Gold Coast Titans
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala	Sydney Roosters	Canberra Raiders
Sonny Bill Williams	Sydney Roosters	Counties Manukau (New Zealand rugby union)
Braith Anasta	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Blake Austin	Wests Tigers	Canberra Raiders
Adam Blair	Wests Tigers	Brisbane Broncos
Liam Fulton	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Cory Paterson	Wests Tigers	Super League: Salford Red Devils
Bodene Thompson	Wests Tigers	New Zealand Warriors
Daryl Millard	Super League: Catalans Dragons	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sam Williams	Super League: Catalans Dragons	Canberra Raiders
Antonio Kaufusi	Super League: Huddersfield Giants	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Greg Eden	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers	Brisbane Broncos
Josh Hodgson	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers	Canberra Raiders
Josh Drinkwater	Super League: London Broncos	Wests Tigers
Willie Manu	Super League: St. Helens	Sydney Roosters
Iosia Soliola	Super League: St. Helens	Canberra Raiders
Blake Green	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Melbourne Storm
Eddy Pettybourne	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Gold Coast Titans
Richie Faʻaoso	N/A	Parramatta Eels
Blake Ferguson	N/A	Sydney Roosters
Lagi Setu	N/A	Sydney Roosters
Danny Wicks	Suspension	Parramatta Eels

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Coaches

Coach	2014 Club	2015 Club
Wayne Bennett	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane Broncos

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